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Hungary: New Constitution Explicitly Bans Marriage Equality

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

Hungary’s new constitution, which bans gay marriage and does not explicitly protect gay people from discrimination, has come into force amid public unrest.

The constitution was enacted 262-44 in April of last year, with 80 members of parliament boycotting the drafting and voting process, and took effect on 1 January 2012.

The document specifically restricts marriage to straight couples and appears to ban abortion by saying that foetuses will be protected from conception onwards.

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Ron Paul The Only Candidate to Oppose Marriage Equality Ban Amendment

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Texas Rep. Ron Paul was the only candidate at a Christian forum on Saturday opposed to amending the U.S. Constitution to define marriage as a heterosexual union.

Also appearing at the Thanksgiving Family Forum in Des Moines, Iowa were Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Herman Cain, Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney was invited but did not attend. Also not in attendance was former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, who has not placed an emphasis on Iowa.

The candidates gathered around a dinner table festooned with pumpkins as moderator Frank Luntz kept the conversation flowing for two hours as nearly 3,000 religious and socially conservative activists listened in.

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Hungary: New Constitution Bans Marriage Equality

Monday, April 18th, 2011

Hungary Gay MarriageHungarian lawmakers approved a new Constitution Monday which bans same-sex marriage and includes a number of other socially conservative tenets, the AP reports:

Hungary’s political opposition and human rights groups including Amnesty International say other measures are attempts to limit freedoms. The constitution protects the life of a fetus from the moment of conception, a move seen as opening the possibility for a future ban or restrictions on abortion.

Same-sex couples may legally register their partnerships but marriage is restricted to heterosexual relationships.

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Hungary: Gays to Protest New Constitution

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

Gay HungaryHungarian gay civil rights groups will hold a demonstration in Budapest on April 15 against the new constitution draft’s passages on marriage and equal rights for gay people, the organisers said on Wednesday.

Daniel Kaderjak, the chairman of one of the groups, said the draft defines marriage in a way which causes segregation. The gay groups have started an online petition on this subject, signed by 700 so far, including some famous public figures, said Kaderjak.

The petitioners have started to operate a Coalition for Gay Equality (MEGYEK), which will organise the demonstration on the square in front of parliament.

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Hungary: New Constitution Would Ban Marriage Equality

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

Human life will be protected from conception and marriage will be defined as heterosexual co-existence in the new Constitution, according to the specimen The Principles of Regulating the Constitution of Hungary.

Hungary would continue to be a republic and a democracy governed by the rule of law.

The Royal Crown will be included in the preface to the Constitution and will be emblazoned on the state flag, the concept adds.

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Scalia: 14th Amendment Does Not Apply to “Homosexual Sodomy”

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

Antonin ScaliaSpeaking on Friday at the University of Richmond, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia denounced the concept of a “living Constitution” and said the 14th Amendment was not written with the intent of granting equal protection to ALL Americans. Just the heterosexual ones.

“The due process clause has been distorted so it’s no longer a guarantee of process but a guarantee of liberty,” Scalia expounded. “But some of the liberties the Supreme Court has found to be protected by that word – liberty – nobody thought constituted a liberty when the 14th Amendment was adopted.

“Homosexual sodomy? It was criminal in all the states. Abortion? It was criminal in all the states. The way to change the Constitution is through amendments approved by the people, not by judges altering the meaning of its words,” he added.

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Hungary: Proposed New Constitution Would Ban Gay Marriage

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Hungary Gay MarriageThe constitution which is now being drafted at the behest of the ruling Fidesz-Christian alliance will declare marriage suitable only for men and women, according to a section of the draft document seen by MTI.

Further the draft states that “the family is the alliance of the generations,” and a sentence in support of bringing up children and work will also figure in the document.

The Socialist party and green formation Politics Can Be Different also represented in the committee drawing up the new supreme law said they objected to the proposal to set in stone outlawing gay marriage.

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Florida: Charlie Crist Plays Gay Marriage Ban Card

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

Florida governor Charlie Crist, an independent candidate for U.S. Senate, appeared to voice support Sunday for a federal constitutional amendment to prohibit same-sex couples from marrying, then clarified his position to say it applied strictly to Florida.

According to the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, Crist told CNN, “When it comes to marriage, I think it is a sacred institution, I believe it is between a man and a woman, but partners living together, you know, I don’t have a problem with it.”

The Victory Fund reports that Crist issued a clarification hours afterward to say that his comments only applied to the Florida constitution.

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Kenyans Approve New Constitution; Could Non Discrimination Clause Open Door to Gay Rights?

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Kenyans approved a new constitution on Thursday that will, for the first time, make the president subject to impeachment, will enable citizens to remove parliamentary representatives and includes a sweeping bill of rights.

The new bill of rights contains a historic clause outlawing discrimination on any grounds, including race and gender. Conservative Kenyans complain that the clause could pave the way for gay marriage.

The new constitution devolves power to the country-level, abolishes the post of prime minister, established a Senate and reduces the number of ministers by half.

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Nepal: Moving Toward Acceptance of its LBGT Citizens

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Pressure to conform to societal norms and be ‘normal’ affects our lives significantly. Not surprisingly as a teenager growing up in an orthodox Hindu family in rural Nepal, Basant also tried to fit in – but something was amiss.

Wearing boys’ clothes and playing football didn’t interest him. He is confused no more and doesn’t try to conform. Eight years after leaving home, Basant, now 24, has transformed to Basanti and is a busy beautician in Kathmandu.

The story, however, is not all that positive for Nepal’s estimated one million plus sexual minority population which includes lesbians, gays, bi-sexuals, trans-gendered and inter-sexed – all clubbed as LGBTIs.

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